Improvement in diaper-pins



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT WANNER, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN DIAPEPt-PINS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 44,031, dated August 30, 1864.

To all whom. it may concern.:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WARNER, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Diaper-Pin; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference. being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichp Figure l represents a perspective view of my invention, illustrating its application. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in the employment or use of a circular spring-guard, provided at its end with notched bulbs, in combination with the pin which is hinged to said springguard at a point opposite the notched bulbs in such ay manner that the point of the pin, after the same has been passed through the diaper, can be readily forced between the notched bulbs, which retain and protect the same, and thereby the pin is prevented from opening spontaneously or from scratching or injuring the body of the infant wearing the dial er.

A is the pin, which is made of brass wire or other suitable material and of any desirable length. 1t is hinged tothe circular springguard B, nhich is made of stout metal wire rolled very hard and of sufticient strength for the occasion. Tile ends of this spring-guard form bulbs a a, each of which is provided with a semicircular notch, b, to receive and hold the point of the pin. A handle, c, serves to facilitate the operation ofthe pin.

In applying my pin to a diaper, the pointis passed through the corners of said diaper in the usual manner and it is then pressed between the bulbs a a, as clearly shown in Fig. l. The notches bin the bulbs retain the point and prevent it from opening spontaneously, and the bulbs themselves protect said point so that it is prevented from scratching or injuring the body of the infant.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A diaper-pin provided with a circular springguard, B, and notched bulbs a a, in the Inanner and for the purpose substantially as shown and described.

ALBERT VVANNER.

Witnesses M. M. LIVINGSTON, C. L. ToPLIFE. 

